What are the most strikeouts in a game by Sandy Koufax?

Sandy Koufax strikes out 18 batters to tie his own MLB record at the time for most in a nine-inning game.

Interpreted as:
What are the most strikeouts in a regular season game by Sandy Koufax?
NAME DATE TM OPP DEC SO GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP
1 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
4/24/1962
LAD LAD
@ CHC @ CHC
W
18
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
6
36
2
2
1
4
0
0
0
2 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
8/31/1959
LAD LAD
vs. SFG vs. SFG
W
18
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
7
36
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
3 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
7/27/1966
LAD LAD
vs. PHI vs. PHI
16
1
0
0
0
0
11.0
4
39
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
4 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
5/26/1962
LAD LAD
vs. PHI vs. PHI
W
16
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
5
35
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
5 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
6/22/1959
LAD LAD
vs. PHI vs. PHI
W
16
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
10
39
2
1
1
3
0
0
0
6 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
9/20/1961
LAD LAD
vs. CHC vs. CHC
W
15
1
1
0
0
0
13.0
7
50
2
2
1
3
1
1
2
7 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
5/28/1960
LAD LAD
@ CHC @ CHC
L
15
1
0
0
0
0
13.0
3
49
4
3
1
9
2
0
0
8 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
5/6/1960
LAD LAD
vs. PHI vs. PHI
L
15
1
0
0
0
0
9.2
9
47
5
5
2
7
1
0
1
9 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
9/9/1965
LAD LAD
vs. CHC vs. CHC
W
14
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
0
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
8/10/1965
LAD LAD
vs. NYM vs. NYM
W
14
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
7
36
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
11 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
4/19/1963
LAD LAD
vs. HOU vs. HOU
W
14
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
2
31
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
12 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
6/20/1961
LAD LAD
@ CHC @ CHC
W
14
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
2
30
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
13 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
8/27/1955
BKN BKN
vs. CIN vs. CIN
W
14
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
2
34
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
14 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
9/29/1966
LAD LAD
@ STL @ STL
W
13
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
4
32
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
15 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
10/2/1965
LAD LAD
vs. MIL vs. MIL
W
13
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
4
35
1
1
1
4
0
0
0
16 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
9/29/1965
LAD LAD
vs. CIN vs. CIN
W
13
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
2
30
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
17 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
6/7/1965
LAD LAD
@ PHI @ PHI
W
13
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
9
38
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
18 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
5/30/1965
LAD LAD
vs. CIN vs. CIN
W
13
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
5
36
5
2
0
2
0
0
1
19 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
5/17/1965
LAD LAD
@ HOU @ HOU
W
13
1
0
0
0
0
10.1
5
40
3
3
0
3
0
1
0
20 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
5/13/1965
LAD LAD
vs. HOU vs. HOU
W
13
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
3
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
8/16/1964
LAD LAD
vs. STL vs. STL
W
13
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
7
35
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
22 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
5/4/1964
LAD LAD
vs. CHC vs. CHC
W
13
1
1
0
0
0
10.0
3
34
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
23 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
9/2/1963
LAD LAD
vs. HOU vs. HOU
W
13
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
7
36
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
24 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
7/12/1963
LAD LAD
@ NYM @ NYM
W
13
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
3
31
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
25 Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
6/30/1962
LAD LAD
vs. NYM vs. NYM
W
13
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
0
30
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1908 season.
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